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*igbã [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) thorn; iy-uw-oha-ɽɛ,



*    igbã keso ʋ̃-owɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I



*    went to bush to-day, and a



*    thorn got stuck in my foot. (2)



*    igb-ẽhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] spine of a fish. (3) act



*    of proclaiming a woman as the



*    Ɔba’s wife; same as ibaigbã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*Igbaɣɔ̃ [ ˥ / ˩ ] (1) name of the



*    Jamieson River. (2) goddess of



*    the Jamieson River (an ihɛ̃



*    [ ˩ \ ]).



*igbãniherhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “thorns



*    that are pierced (by) wood” (?):



*    a group of about six people



*    appearing at orhu [ ˩ ˥ ] (the day



*    when the Ɔba’s mother prepares



*    food for the dead left unprovided



*    at ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]) and perform a feat



*    of piercing their cheeks with a



*    piece of wood. This has not



*    been done recently; cf. ha [ ˥ ],



*    erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].



*Igbãkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a town of the Ika



*    (Eka [ ˩ ˥ ]) people standing under



*    the jurisdiction of the Ɔba; it is



*    situated at about six miles’



*    distance from Agbor (Agbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ]),



*    near the road leading to the



*    Ishan (Esã [ ˥ ˩ ]) country. Its



*    quarters are: Ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ], Akɛ [ ˥ ˩ ],



*    Igbɔ̃tɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], Idumeru [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],



*    Iduminwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], Idumodĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ],



*    Umoloa [ ˥ ˩ \ ], Idumigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ],



*    Idumoɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (and one more).



*    (The names beginning with Idum-



*    have in Bini the form Iduʋ̃-;



*    cf. iduʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “quarter”).



*igbama [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] adult (young) man’s



*    age (but not an otu [ ˩ ˩ ]: “age-



*    group”!) (the number of years



*    seems not to be in any way



*    definite: 18―30 was given once,



*    and 30―50 or 45 at another time):



*    ɛkpo n-inar-igbama [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] when



*    ( “at the time when”) I was a



*    young man.